Expansive file.



H. E. SHEDD.

EXPANSIVE FILE.

APPLIUATEOH FILED 001214, 1903.

Patented Mag. 23, 1909.

UNl'lEI') SilA'lllilti ,IYATENT OFFICE.

EXPANBIVE FILE.

To all whom it may concern:

lle it known that I, l-IUon E. Simon, n citizen of the United States,residing at Austin, in the county of Mower and State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ex ansive. Files; end Ido hereh declare the lollowin to be a full, elem, unti exact description0 the invention, such l'tS will eneble others skilled in the art towhich it epperteins to make and use the some.

My invention has for its object to provide on improved ex ensive binder,and to this end, it consists-o the novel devices and coinbinetions ofdevicoshereinelter described and degneddn the claims.

.n accordance with my invention, 1 cmploy nsun eispunsihlc hinder, epleited strip preleruhl constructed id at strong, thin and quite stili'cloth, end to one side ol each plei of this hinder, lent membersuresecured by glue or by any other suitable means. Still and lint coversor outsideleu'vds ere also prelerahly secured to the edges of thispleitcd binder. 'lhe intermediute lent members, in some c oses, will hesilnple (let Jeeves; but in most cases, to udnpt them to hold hills andother memorandum, the ore lllll-(lO' with eompurtmeuts or ol envelopform. when those lost members are in the form .oi' envelops, their edgesere secured to the folds oi the luited binder in such it n'uniner thatthe hint or will ex mind when the envclops are more or less filled, andfurthermore p'hon laid flat, and the binder is stretched, the saidenvelops will be turned in a. common. direction, and their free edgewill be overlapped or projected one beyond the other, so t nt anymemorandum contained thereon, will be ex" osed to view.

In h'e eeeomponyi'n drewingswhichillustrate the invention, liiie clia-rectors indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings: Fi ure l is ii plan view showing the improvedis opened up; Fig. '2 is on edge elevation of the file ,showing the someclosed; Fig. 3 is on end view showing the file closed; Fig. 4 is on endview showing the lilo portly opened up; Fi 5 is an end View showing thetile emnpletelg' opened u. and Fig. 6 is u perspective view showing t 1efile opened up.

The pleited hinder is indicated by the numerel 1 end the sliil'outsideleaves or covers, which will usually be of pests bound, oiid which aresecured to the edges of said binder,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 14, 1908.

in Figs. 2 and 3.

Patented March 23, 1009.

Serial No. mm.

by glue or b other suitable means, ere indicated by t m numeral 2; Theenvelope which melce up the intermediate leeves oi the lilc, areindicated by the numeral 3. These envelops,- at one edge of their lletsides or books, are glued, or otherwise secured each to thecorresponding side oi one of the folds of the pleited binder 1. It willthus be seen, that each enveloi or inter mcdinte leaf has n.considerable edge portion secured to the pleited hinder. In fact, epproximately one-half of the pleited hind'er is secured to the leaves orenvelope, to-wit, one-hell or side of each plait is secured to the edgeportion of one envelop orient. With this construction, it lollows thatwhen the outside covers 2 are turned in o xposite directions and pulledlLWiL Y from each other so as to straighten out the loose ortion of theplaited binder, all of the enve op will be turned over to one side, inthe some diree tion, and the lower envelope, at their free dges, williroject eoeh beyond on upper envelop. 'lliis turns the inees of all theenvelops upward, and overlaps the envelope in such :1, manner, that anymemorandum nnirked on the free edge iortions of the feces ol the saidenvelope, Wlll be exposed to view, when the file is pulled out fiat asabove stated, end as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. In foot, the lile will lielist when opened at any point.

lly reference to Fig. 6, for instance, it will be seen tliet when openedin the usual way, until sides of the'file will lie flat, even whentl1ecompartments are well filledfso that the envclops may be, writtenupon, or any thing nlleti-d'j writtjen on thesome mey be readily found,i

. A tiestring in efeifqblynp lied to one of the covers 2, and isztdepteffOI'r use to secure the lilo in itsiclosed positiomas shown in nictmtlirnotiee, the, desirubilit end ellicicncy of t is improved expensiveindel" has been demonstrated. l urthern1ore,tlie binder is of smallcost.

Whnt I eleim is:

l. A device of the kind described, oomprisin" n piuited binder, and amultiplicity ot lull members, secured at their edge portions, ouch toone side portion of n dill'erent plnit or inlold of said binder.

'2. A device of the kind described, com rising uplnitml binder, and enuiltiplicity ul cnvclops, secured lit their edge port ions,

or infold of said binder. or flap sides, to the correspondin side por-3. A device of the kind described, comtion of the different pleits orinfo ds of sa d prisin a plaited binder,end a multiplicity binders.

each to one side portion of a different plait 1 envelops secured at theedges of glen backs 5 of lea members, secured at their ed e por- Intestimony whereof I eflixnly signature 1.3

tionsf' each to the corresponding si e porin presence of two witnesses.tion ofadifi'erent luit orinfold ofsaid binder. 5 L HUGH E. SHEUD.

4. A device 0 the kind described, com- 1 Witnesses: prising a plaitedbinder, havi covers SG-J E. E. DAWSON,

0 cured to its edges, and n mu tiplicity of] B. T. LINDNER.

